What are the differences between "ignore" and "neglect"?

2 Answers · ignore to refrain from noticing or recognizing · neglect to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight. EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Whatarethedifferencesbetween"ignore"and"neglect"? AskQuestion Asked 5years,5monthsago Active 5years,5monthsago Viewed 8ktimes 1 1 Icameacrossthefollowingstatement: Peoplehaveeitherignoredorneglectedtheseeffectsbecause... Ithinktheremustbesomesubtledifferencesbetweenthetwoboldwords. Anyonecouldpointoutit?Youareappreciated. word-usageword-difference Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJun10'16at5:34 jsxs askedJun10'16at1:16 jsxsjsxs 12311silverbadge44bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 2 Whenone ignoressomething oneisactivelynotpayinganyattention,onpurpose Sheignoredhisadvancesuntilheleftheralone. Therefereeignoredthecrowd'sscreamingforapenalty. Whenone neglectssomething onemayhaveforgottenabout,ornotbeenawareofacriticalsituationforsomethingonewassupposedtotakecareoforoversee Theirelectricitybillwasveryhighsincetheyneglectedtoturnoffthelights. Theplantwasneverwateredanddiedofneglect. Yourexamplesentencewouldbemorecorrectas Peoplehaveeitherignoredorneglected... Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJun10'16at4:56 PeterPeter 64.9k66goldbadges6161silverbadges119119bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  1 ignore torefrainfromnoticingorrecognizing neglect topaynoattentionortoolittleattentionto;disregardorslight However,neglectalsohasameaningthatimpliesasenseofresponsibility: [3.]toberemissinthecareortreatmentof So,thewordignoresuggeststhatthepeopleareawareoftheeffects,butdonotgiveitmuchthoughtordoanythingaboutit.Itispossiblethattheyarenotobligatedtotakeanyaction.Ontheotherhand,usingthewordneglect,theauthorsuggeststhatthepeoplehavearesponsibilitytodosomethingabouttheseeffects,likeremedythem,recordthem,reportthem,etc. Note,thereisamatterof"Peoplehas".AsIunderstandit,thewordpeopleisplural.SoIthinkitshouldbePeoplehave,unlessthereisagoodreasonitshouldbeotherwisethathasbeenomitted. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun10'16at1:52 answeredJun10'16at1:37 Em.♦Em. 45k1212goldbadges133133silverbadges146146bronzebadges 1 @probablyme,Thanksalot,youranswerisasgoodastheacceptedone.Iaccepted@Peter'sanswerbecauseheprovidedmoreexamples. – jsxs Jun10'16at5:42 Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedword-usageword-difference. 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